Yolaan Andrews
@AndrewsYolaan
Key Populations Programme manager, Advocate, QI analyst
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17-06-2023 11:11:41
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An Excellent article by Jesse Copelyn about the rise in heroin use in South Africa and misinformation about #heroin , #nyaope #unga
TB HIV Care Central Drug Authority UNAIDS Eastern & Southern Africa SANAC NACOSA UN Office on Drugs & Crime IDPC The Global Commission on Drug Policy (GCDP) SciCom
spotlightnsp.co.za/2024/04/17/sa-…
Today was a good day! NACOSA provided winter relief packs for over 230 homeless PWUD beneficiaries in Ethekweni through our district implementer TB HIV Care. #harmreductionsaveslives
🔓🇺🇳 Our latest contrib to UN Special Procedures encourages the UNSRs on UN Special Rapporteur on the right to housing & UN Special Rapporteur on poverty and human rights to support drug use and sex work decrim as means to end the criminalisation of poverty and homeless. #DecrimNow #SupportDontPunish
Read on & share: idpc.net/publications/2…
Zimbabwe is one of the GlobalHIVPreventionCoalition countries on track to achieving an 82.5% reduction in new HIV infections compared to 2010. We commend the progress made!
Here are our partners' key takeaways from the GlobalHIVPreventionCoalition's new progress report:
1. Accountability & collaboration crucial 🤝
2. Prioritize marginalised communities 🏳️🌈
3. Fund community-led services 💰
4. Scale up access to prevention tech🌐
👉 frontlineaids.org/4-key-takeaway…
Regular access to #HIVprevention remains insufficient among key populations.
Financial resources are required to make prevention options available & accessible to users by choice. Read the report 👇hivpreventioncoalition.unaids.org/resources/sixt…
Why Community Led Monitoring (CLM) in the HIV response?
Lillian Mworeko, Team Lead, CLM Consortium, sheds light on the importance of CLM in shaping trends that will help end AIDS by 2030 as a public health threat.
Details ➡️ t.ly/5Jdq7
#LetCommunitiesLead
#CLMUganda
1/4: 🌍 Despite fewer new #HIV acquisitions globally, people who use drugs are still heavily impacted by HIV, viral #hepatitis C and other health harms associated with unsafe drug use, IAS President Sharon Lewin reported at #CND67 today. 🧵
bit.ly/4cgRy8T
Join brown bag session on Participatory Grantmaking together with Partos, Robert Carr Fund, Mama Cash, Aidsfonds International and Wilde Ganzen!
Learn how to introduce participatory approach in your organization!
⏰When: March 12, 12.00 CET, Zoom
✅Register: bit.ly/3VeqIZa
Today and every day, let's celebrate diversity, promote inclusion, and eradicate discrimination in all its forms. Together, we create a world where everyone is treated with dignity & respect. #ZeroDiscriminationDay #EndAIDSby2030 🌍✨
Read our statement : encr.pw/HSjAp